Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Optimize web sites with Dcipher from greenlight Wireless
Posted by Jason Dunn in "SOFTWARE" @ 01:00 PM
http://www.greenlightwireless.net/dcipher.asp
Proxy-based dynamic reformatting of web sites for mobile devices is still a popular field to be in it seems - I remember being at CES last year and seeing no less than six companies offering services in this area. The latest is called Dcipher:
"Do you own a web site? Are you interested in reaching the rapidly growing number of wireless web users? Dcipher service integrates seamlessly into your existing web site, automatically detecting wireless visitors and optimizing your content for their browsers...When Dcipher detects a wireless handheld visitor, it dynamically reformats your web site in a way that optimizes it for use on a small-display device, then sends the revised page to the wireless visitor. The Dcipher Toolbar is added to the top and bottom of the reformatted page, allowing the user to view the page in PDA View, Text-only View and Standard View (which disables Dcipher)."
They have an interesting demo that you can look at, but I didn't find myself being particularly impressed at the intelligence of how it reformatted the page. Interesting technology, and it seems very easy to implement (a single line of code on the page), but the pricing structure is out of reach for all but the big boys - $39.99 US for 2000 transactions. Still, if you have a low-traffic commercial web site that you think mobile device users would want to access, this may be a good solution for you.
UPDATE: I've removed the link to our site because apparently the URL isn't "live" and there was no dynamic reformatting occurring.
Proxy-based dynamic reformatting of web sites for mobile devices is still a popular field to be in it seems - I remember being at CES last year and seeing no less than six companies offering services in this area. The latest is called Dcipher:
"Do you own a web site? Are you interested in reaching the rapidly growing number of wireless web users? Dcipher service integrates seamlessly into your existing web site, automatically detecting wireless visitors and optimizing your content for their browsers...When Dcipher detects a wireless handheld visitor, it dynamically reformats your web site in a way that optimizes it for use on a small-display device, then sends the revised page to the wireless visitor. The Dcipher Toolbar is added to the top and bottom of the reformatted page, allowing the user to view the page in PDA View, Text-only View and Standard View (which disables Dcipher)."
They have an interesting demo that you can look at, but I didn't find myself being particularly impressed at the intelligence of how it reformatted the page. Interesting technology, and it seems very easy to implement (a single line of code on the page), but the pricing structure is out of reach for all but the big boys - $39.99 US for 2000 transactions. Still, if you have a low-traffic commercial web site that you think mobile device users would want to access, this may be a good solution for you.
UPDATE: I've removed the link to our site because apparently the URL isn't "live" and there was no dynamic reformatting occurring.
